Ruslan Zaharov is an experienced Kotlin/Java Fullstack developer with a focus on code quality and practical agility. With over 13 years of experience, Ruslan's expertise includes software architecture and design, Kotlin/Java backend stack (including SpringBoot, Dropwizard, http4k, ktor, and ratpack), databases (including MongoDB, Redis, MySQL, and PostgreSQL), DevOps (including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipeline, Terraform, and Ansible), cloud technologies (including AWS and Azure), agile methodologies (including Kanban/Scrum), fullstack development (including TypeScript, ReactJS, Angular, and jQuery), testing frameworks (including assert4j, JUnit and Chai), and data pipelines (including ETL, parsing, multistream processing, and aggregation).

Ruslan has been recognized as an Exceptional Talent by the UK government and held a Tier 1 Visa (Global Talent) in Technology and Entrepreneurship. He has a withdrawn voluntary PhD in Computer-Aided Design from ITMO University, a Master of Technology Entrepreneurship with distinction GPA from Saint-Petersburg State University, Information Technologies, Mechanic, and Optics, as well as a Master's Degree in Computer Hardware Engineering, and studied computer science at the school for gifted teenagers "Intellect."

Ruslan has worked with organizations such as Holland & Barrett, Okta, Metarux Solutions, eBay, VirtualRetail.io, Bó, SamKnows, Nexmo, Excuses to Meet, PenceMe, Looker, eZWay, Business incubator QD, Trinet, WebDiscovery, and Gemini Systems.